Battlestar Galactica Spinoff Announced

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Sci Fi Channel plans prequel series.

By Eric Goldman

Sci Fi Channel has announced that they are developing a spin-off of the highly acclaimed Battlestar Galactica. Titled Caprica, the new series is a prequel set 50 years before the events of Galactica. On Galactica, Edward James Olmos stars as Commander William Adama, with Jamie Bamber portraying his son Lee "Apollo" Adama. The new series will focus on an earlier generation of the Adama family, along with another family named the Graystones.

Caprica is familiar to Battlestar fans as a pivotal planet where much of the action has been focused, with the series telling the story of how the robotic Cylons brutally attack and decimate their human creators. On the new show, we will see life on the once peaceful Caprica, and how the creation of the Cylons began.

A re-imagining of the cult 1970's show, Battlestar Galactica has garnered tremendous critical notice. Fans of the original series may be excited by the prospect of this prequel, as the pilot miniseries of the new Galactica showed that older models of the Cylons looked just like those seen on the original show. Certainly the nature of the storyline seems to hint at the possibility of the "classic" incarnations of the Cylons appearing on Caprica at some point.

According to the press release, Caprica, "weaves corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga." Battlestar Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will also executive produce the new series, and writer Remi Aubuchon (24) has been brought on board.

We will be sure to keep you updated as more details of the series are revealed, including a start date.